Actors Ajay Devgn, Sonakshi Sinha, Patna Sahib MP Shatrughan Sinha, producer N R Pachisia and director Ashwani Dhir were in the state capital for the promotion of the movie, and Patnaites didn't want to lose the chance to catch a glimpse of their favourite actors. In fact, the situation turned almost chaotic when many people barged into the press meet hall and even policemen stood up on chairs to capture a 'Kodak moment'.

Clad in a white kurta, Devgn said, "I wanted to come to Bihar for quite some time now and it was Shotgun's idea that SOS's promotion will be incomplete without a visit to Patna Saheb gurdwara." Asked about the ongoing controversy between Ajay Devgn Films and Yash Raj Films, he reacted, "My record, during the past 20 years, has been clean and without any controversy, and I'm raising my voice now only because I want to fight injustice."

Asked the USP of SOS, Devgn said, "It is too late to talk about the USP. People have already seen the promos and liked the songs of the movie." Devgn, who has featured in films related to Bihar, added that next year he would be seen in Prakash Jha's "Satyagrah".

Patna girl Sonakshi, decked up in a pretty magenta kurti, was on her first visit to the home state after her 'Dabangg' success. She said, "There couldn't have been a better opportunity to thank the people of Bihar who prayed for my father's well-being. Last time, I had come here for his election campaign and see what the results were!" Reciting her popular lines "Thappad se darr nahi lagta sahib, pyaar se darr lagta hai," Sonakshi said, "Patna has supported me since my 'Dabangg' days and I hope they will continue with the same support." Shatrughan Sinha accompanied his daughter.

Earlier, the actors and the entire team of SOS drove straight from the airport to Harmandir Saheb gurdwara to pay obeisance. In the congested roads of Patna City, crowd lined up on both sides to have a glimpse of Devgn and Sonakshi. On the gurdwara premises, despite the heavy deployment of police, the crowd surged and made it very difficult for the actors to enter the sanctum sanctorum, where they bowed and prayed for the success of their film. The granthi presented them with saropa. After 15 minutes of stay, when they left, the roads were chock-a-bloc and up to Chowk Shikarpur the teenaged boys were seen following the actors' vehicles to have a close glimpse of them. "I am deeply humbled to see this frenzied crowd," Devgn commented.